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Death registration

A death should be registered in the registration district in which it occurred within 5 days. If this is not possible or convenient, details may be given to any registration officer of deaths in England or Wales who will forward the details to the correct registration district.

Please be aware that if this option is chosen documentation will be issued by the receiving registration district. If there is going to be an investigation into the cause of death this may not be possible.

You can register a death that took place in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen at: